Cass Peluso

On February 12th, Karina Hansen was forcibly removed from her family's home by five police officers, two doctors, and two social workers. Karina is 24-years-old and suffers from a rare disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is an horrendous and debilitating

Foie gras products are derived from force-feeding young ducks with enormous amounts of grain in order to produce abnormally large livers, eight or more times the size of a healthy liver. The cruel and unhealthy force-feeding of birds for foie gras production has been banned in over a dozen

Harmful algal blooms, ocean dead zones, and red tides are killing marine life.  People are taking steps to reduce the deaths by making lawn owners practice responsible stewardship. In Falmouth, MA, residents passed a nitrogen fertilizer bylaw that will help save lawn owners money, keep lawns

Rivers of oil through Arkansas backyards... 12 spills in the first Keystone pipeline's first year... Two years later, the Kalamazoo, Michigan spill still not cleaned up. It's time to say no to spills, no to tar sands, and yes to the climate! This is the final official comment period for Keystone

Alaska's Bristol Bay supports the world's largest wild salmon fishery. Year after year, the salmon return to Bristol Bay in astounding numbers, like no other place on earth.  They are the economic and ecological backbone of the region, supplying 14,000 jobs, generating some $480 million a year,